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02-22-2023, 11:29 PM
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02-23-2023, 12:36 AM
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Not sure how much of a drag penalty is the spare tire location under this tonneau cover. |
That spare tire seams hidden just inside the rear wake, so shouldn't be bad.
What is worse are those bars behind the rear window: they protrude above the roof just enough to be in the flow of air leaving the trailing edge of the cab's roof.
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02-23-2023, 01:40 AM
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Sealed beams tend to be an enemy of aerodynamics, mostly because American regulations forbid the fitment of any flush cover to headlights.
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Oh, really?
https://sc01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1Pu.eK...pg_350x350.jpg
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02-27-2023, 12:32 AM
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Since '68 any decorative or protective element in front of sealed-beams was outlawed. No wonder the US-Spec Jaguar E-Type that I used to see near home didn't have glass bubbles in front of the headlamps as its Euro-spec counterpart had. The same for the Alfa Romeo Spider.
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02-27-2023, 02:32 AM
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That sounds right. Do you have a reference?
I haven't run sealed beam headlights since the mid-1980s
I guess the loophole the aluminum tape slips through is those are Hella H-4s.
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03-01-2023, 12:24 AM
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That sounds right. Do you have a reference?
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FMVSS 108 says so.
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-4....2.3)(S6.2.3.1) |
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03-01-2023, 11:16 AM
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Interesting read. Now I know what a cargo lamp is.
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Bestest thing I've seen in a while:
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